Door construction for freight-cars.



C. F. ALLEN.

DOOR CONSTRUCTION FOR FREIGHT CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, I914.

1,141.,5 1 3 Patented June 1, 1915.

| I l l l l l l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTU LITHO., WASHINGTON, D c.

Y 993,744 issued to me May 30th, ,1911;i l

To all whom it maycmicemf a :1 I I Be it known that'L'G ARIlEs RAL'LnN, a citizen of the-United States esiding'atLos crmnnnsr. ALLERDFLOS nNGELEs, CALIFORNIA.

Aingeles, in the 'countyfof'Los Angelesf; State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements j in Door. Construction for I Freight carsy r which theifollowingfis a specification.

fiThis invention relates 'tol flushclosing doors for. box cars, and; particularly pe'rtains to improvements in that forrnjofboX car doors illustrated" in P tent Number It isthe object of this, inventionto pro vide an overhead rolling support for a car door by which it may have a;;-free lateral movementto-fand froin the body'of the carv when moving it in and-out of adoor opening, and at the sametime" permit of'its ,movement longitudinally ofthe car'to efiect the opening or closing of the door opening.

Another object is to providelmeansfon concealing the j oints' between the door and its Leasing, vi 'hereby fthe insertion of tools for prying the door open can be effectively reg further object is tofpro'vide a simple means for shifting therear edge 'of' the ;door

opening the door.

outwardly to clear the door casing when The mannerof obtaining the above objects 1 l V is illustratedin the accompanying drawings,-

inwhich: V

Figure 1 isa front elevation of a part of o a' box car showing ,ayportion thereof where the fiush door located, with, the doorinf its closed position; Fig. 2'is a horizontal section on the*line"2j2 showing the door in its open position. Fig. 3 is a correspondingview showing the door in its closed po *sition and illustrating itin an intermediate.

position in dottedlines. 4 is a deta'ifl vertical section in elevationon the line'H of Fig.1 as viewed in thedirection indicated by the arrows. Fig.*'5' is a detail horizontal section on the'line 5 5 of Fig.1

door whereby the rear-edge'of the :door is moved outwardly clear of the door casing.

Fig.6" is a detail section illustrating anjau- V Specification 61% Letters Patent.

place.

duced with its outer face flush it can be readily move'd infand outof its 7 Doom coivsrnuc'rrolv Fen FREIGHT-clans.

Patented June 1,1915.

Applicatienfi1ei1-Marc1i3,-1914. seria s aaizen open position,. and for preventing its closing when the car is being moved from place to More specifically; designates the .car body, '8 designates the door opening therein inwhioh thedoor 9 is adapted to be introj with the outerface'of theoar. body 7.' j j f Mounted on the carf body 7 above the opening 8 and extendingo'n one side thereof,

tomatic stop for'engaging the door in its 1 is ahorizontally disposed channel iron track 10 which issecured to the car body in any :suitable mannerand is covered by a protecting'shield l'l having a depending apron 12 which'extends to a point adjacent the lower edge of the track 10 and is spaced therefrom to form a longitudinal slot in which the door hangers 13 travel.

TheLdoor hangers 13 are fitted with spindles 14: at their upper ends on which rollers 15 adapted to travel intrack 10 .are revolubly mounted. The lower ends of thedoor hangers 13 arefitted ivith oppositely extend? ing spindles'16 "on'which rollers 17 are revolubly mounted. These" rollers are positioned in oppositely horizontally extending channels 18' formed in brackets 19 securedto the car door 9 adjacent its upperedge.

Thechannelslls extend at right angles to thedoor and in engagingfthe roller'ltiform'v a rolling support therefor which will' per- I mit a free limited movement, of the door at right anglesto'the face *of thelcar so that closed position. 3 V i Any number of the hangers may be pro- I vided ,as maybe desired according to the length of'the car door. In'thiscase, a pair is shown with one arranged adjacent the forward edge of the door and the other disposed adjacent its rearward edge.

Lrigidly secured to the outer face of the car 1 illustrating the initial stfep inopening the body 7 and has an outwardly flared lip -portion 21' on its outer vertical edge which extends beyond the edge of the door opening as shown in .Fig. 2.' "The lip 21' by being fiared outwardly serves to direct the for- "latternloves into. its closed position;

wardedge of the doorv therebehind when the Extending parallel with the vertical rear edge of-the do'orf opening fialIIcleatJ-22 which is hinged to the side? Onthe came jacen't its upper and lower ends by meansof' pivot pins 23, whichzpinsipass throughilngs .7 24 on a face plate '25 and through spaced 1") .liigs26 on the cleat 22. The-cleat fl is de signedto be swung on the pivot pins 23 toextend over: the iidintthetween the rea3I ed'ge of the door and 1ts casing lvhen the door is in its innermost and closedpos'itionsfahd is nfi e r e e leek drieihi eee tiee te' e e-n' .eeei imee t-t 'l me t meirte e opjeni ngrof the door E 'or'l' this purpose m h mile i T ie e z i Mountedon' each p ot hetween; .v

,- -eh Peil ef u 521 .e rt' eve e 2iw i 3 rebe e(messe-me e;es i-ie e -e jen h see ei ehns-fin ee 35igpn 't lnnertendgl; which} is' arranged to.

se e i e ilfe' e eik h d' ;r.ew1 eei 'r latter is in its closed position as particularl I from the she ni I} a .14m: Z L e ter-W o v e 3%eeteei .l tveidl exeheftfd teee ,pivot in 23-, into therpath ot-travel;

V v of thefcleat eekwhen the latter :e qr-eee e ehe l ee ret iz i eem lines-1e F -151%;

hen be readily shifted-long V The deorj m y" u li l elly e11 th fti i l we e. Y "1Z LP??? 5 ith ui etr wy r ns e mev m ter;

f dista .v lj i eiee r er fii mzt ei either ert-t eethei nn s tweet-th dQQe-W Il-eleer the,,c leat,22, i;n moving the doorto, its-rear- I i ee tien a J i P 1.. Jigi: -1; .2 M11; o erfend; eit h d m e eledrmz he V i sl i e di bree se i fi; t e i re i l edge p n' P-esieiee in e ntp th e th 5 5 of'which is fittedwith a weighted pawl i f t'sh w .in..@-. *Ti v-:- fii-h zi i i l fihei fe ve d dge f: he d QPiS en es d to p reet l i te .1 i. f he dee r ng tudis y wh n, in s e d eefet e 51 be -e by p 38 en hefiideeffieewe we; :15: ;Theep r i n pfth n nt en s epp e om 1 th fer nse i bein e di yen .1 th m ng hei' e r l sd n ly fr m;

the-,ap n p sition e nk Fi --.2 the I ose,d.;rpf n hIQWn i F g-1. W i-1 t 'be r lyi'fie z nee e t z ql er 1.1

and} track 10 andithen, directed inwardlyfias indicated in dotted lines in' l ig. 3 so as to position the forward edge of the door be-I en e e nd r he d he F hind thelip QLOftheshieId piat gstne, r 1 transverse movement of thetdoor being fa! if 5:.

cilitated by reason of --the rollers 17 101 1 whichitis supported. When therear edge I Ofj th doorjis positioned "opposite ithe rear erzrl'l v' on 'the rear rollers 17 "so as to extend within the Ideon: casingwithits outer face: i

flush with the outer face ofthe oarbody 7.

In rhovii'ig intol,this position the rear edge :of'the door 9 engages fingers on the levers" I 32 ear-removes the levers '32 tothei ri normaliposition limited-by the vertical wall, 7

or jc'herc'ss sl;wher u on the that 22 is )7 swung to its closed pqsition to @eover =1 the} V o. pnqmndpw.

Jeew ee .ehe-e n e eQe-eh arQ-Z I lQeYsL err ten he ebe s mp l e v r Tve e g, whael cila m i er heaeembi t witheheg t llp reeeseg wee a eee eee ee ehe e r ..e e sfihereet; i d-iexeleat serve f ee? 1 Verena,p vetedz t heeei e 1'11- s 7' .7.: es, 1: leeliid n eeri eehleve f i ate therfithroughl and thus crum" point, said cleat being arranged teeneseeeehl r mn e p rete t; be w "the:

egree afl e'l fee-e flii leii door to its flush position. 7

-21; he .eeel.e inet i e tierenii eend.ekdeeriede e re e e i eer; late t lalvint :and 11E 92E th fl e eepen' rovlded .w h gaereee e ezefisvh h ns --et ,;it i nn r sieie -tl do r wit depee l 3 "T e co nbination with' .acan havinglaf door pening, pm suspended doorf'adapted .ejw l i e i ei e i w h .e -i is penin s-s entsend; me ns; f re ng 1 th v emen -fi e #01213 ei e d fle h pe i r eid ea in lud n ef-iel et r dt h 'ele' e 2 W l Qlfi hes er' eedi-e ent one 'veftieeli e e;

the doonedge and theedg e of the opening,"

.& :d eez pee ng' there i en ewh e ij le'eedpeeitien t i gr er the-i n e w e 39 r ftheopening;the'doorfis'shifted lat V p 5115' Tens s-wher in a 1 1 e llt reed etei be en ed 'aa e 1 th e-= feve said leversheinggindependentlyimovahlel and a pair of separate, short level s pivoted; In Witness that 1 claim the foregoing I p on the same pivots as said pivoted cieat, have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th each of said levers having a finger on its day of February 1914. Y

inner end. adapted to engage the rear side '(J. F. ALLEN. of the door and an arm on'its outer end Witnesses: which is engaged by the cleat when the cleat EDMUND A. STRAUSE,

- is swung from closed to open position. MARGUERITE BATES.

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